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Welcome to Techsurvivors => Tech => Topic started by: Dick Miller on April 10, 2018, 01:58:49 PM
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How do I turn off the flash when my IPhone 8 rings,IOS11.3
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Duct Tape?! Be sure to get a matching color!
Unfortunately, Apple uses a secret code for placing preferences on their iOS devices. Alphabetical is too easy, Categories are too complicated, separate prefs for each service too limiting.
I think they use a large Rubber-Maid tub holding all the prefs, they then stop strangers on the street and ask them to pull out a card. The order of those cards determines where the pref goes in one giant list. Pick a random number between 0 and 26 and sort the list by that letter. I think I heard that it's just a ploy by Apple to get us to let them do all the setup and to keep us out of their OS!
I don't have an "8", but if you'll send me yours, I'll send you my "7" which does not flash when it rings. 
If you insist on finding a setting for that, here are some suggestions:Settings->Accessibility->Hearing/"LED Flash for Alerts" Check if that is "ON"
Settings->Notifications->Phone... nothing on mine about flashing the light
Settings->Phone... nothing on mine about flashing the light
DuckDuckGo?
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I would think that could be annoying, so here is how to turn it off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SpOP8Uk0M
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It's simple to turn it on/off. It's probably not as annoying as missing an important call.

What is annoying is the jumbled collection of prefs in no intuitive order. Whatever happened to the Apple Way/ease of use philosophy?
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I just talked with a friend who owns a small auto repair shop, and they bought a new billing operating system for their computer.
OMG, what a mess they are having setting it up. Its so wildly complex and totally unintuitive, that they are even considering going back to the old one.
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Tell them to enable "Flash on ring" on their iPhone...